Curtain-supporter.



No. s4|,5|o. Patented Ian. l6, I900. A. T.'K. HAWLEY. CURTAIN SUPPORTER.

Application filed Aug. 18, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 641,510, dated January16, 1906.

Application filed August 16, 1899. Serial No. 727,398. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANNIE TERESA KIN- CAID HAWLEY, of Delhi, in theparish of Richland and State of Louisiana, have invented a new andImproved Curtain-Supporter, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

. This invention relates to a device for supporting curtains, portieres,and like hang- IO ings, by means of which the curtains are held use withparts broken away.

in regular and graceful folds, such being effected automatically bydevices embodied in the supporter.

This specification is the disclosure of one form of my invention, whilethe claims define the actual scope thereof.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of referenceindicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a front View of the invention in Fig. 2 is a cross-sectionalview of the invention. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section thereof. Fig. 4is a fragmentary elevation on an enlarged scale; and Fig. 5 is a detailperspective view of the ornamental bar, which, if desired, may beemployed in the manner hereinafter described. The curtain-supporter comprises a metallic or other tube 5, formed with a longitudinal slot 6,extending throughout the same. One end of the tube has rigidly fastenedthereto a head 7, and the other end of the tube is open and suppliedwith a head 8, removably ral spring 12, one end of which is fastenedrigidly to the head 7 and the other end of which is fastened rigidly tothe head 8. The spring 12 is provided at each coil with ahook 14, thesehooks being fastened rigidly to the spring and projected through theslot 6 to engage the curtain, as shown. The head 7 is provided with ahook 16,adapted to be engaged with the curtain at one side edge thereof,and

the head 8 is provided with a similar hook 17, adapted to engage theother side of the curtain.

In applying the curtain to the supporter the head 8 should have itscatches 9 disenj gaged from the staples 10, and the head should be drawnout to the right (see Figs. 1 and 3) until approximately one-half thelength of the spring 12 is drawn out of the tube 5. Then the head 8should be held in this extended position and the curtain stretched alongthe front of the supporter between the two heads and connected with theseveral hooks 16, 14, and 17 at equidistant points. Then the spring 12should be permitted to retract, drawing the head 8 into engagement withthe tube 5 and permitting the catches 9 to be locked with the staples10. This brings the hooks 14 into close proximity, as shown in Fig. 1,and causes the curtain to be hung in regular and graceful folds.

For the purpose of hiding the hooks 14 a bar 18 may be provided. Thisbar, which is shown broken away in Fig. 1 and in full lines in Fig. 5,is preferably constructed of ornamental metal open-work but it isobvious that it may have any desired form so long as it ex tends infront of the hooks 14 and covers the same. The bar 18 is held in'placeby the hooks 16 and 17, with which the ends of the bar respectively areengaged.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. In a curtain-supporter, the combination of a tubehaving a longitudinal slot formed therein, one end of the tube beingopen, a head removably engaging the said end, a retractile coil-springfitted in the tube and having one end secured to the removable head, andfastening devices for the curtain, such devices being engaged with thecoils of the spring and projecting slidably through the slot in thetube.

2. In a curtain-supporter, the combination of a tubular body portion,heads fitted in the ends of the body portion, a retractile springcarried thereby in the body portion and extensible longitudinallytherewith, the ends of the :spring being fastened to the heads,fastening devices for the curtain, attached to the spring and havingguided movement longitudinally on the body portion, fastening devicesattached to the heads for holding the outer portions of the curtain anda bar having connection with the last-named fastening devices, the barlying in front of the firstmentioned fastening devices to obscure thesame. 7

3. A curtain-supporter, comprising a tube formed with a longitudinalslot therein, a head fixed to one end of the tube, a second headprovided With means for removably connecting it with the other end ofthe tube, a

retractile spiral spring the ends of which are respectively attached tothe heads, fastening devices for the curtain, connected with the coilsof the spring and projected through the slot in the tube, such fasteningdevices being slidable longitudinally in the slot, and additionalfastening devices respectively attached to said heads.

ANNIE TERESA KINOAID HAWLEY. Witnesses:

P. O. BERRY, R. H. TWIDDLE.

